BREAKING: Plane Carrying 188 People Crashes Into Sea

An Indonesian passenger jet, Lion Air, is feared to have crashed on Monday.

Agency reports indicate that plane was carrying 188 passengers and crew when it went missing shortly after take-off.

Sindu Rahayu, directorate general of Civil Aviation at the transport ministry, said, “The aircraft was carrying 178 adult passengers, one child and two babies, with two pilots and five flight attendants.

“The plane had requested to return to base before finally disappearing from the radar,”